February - FPL.com

Prepare to meetnew lightingstandardsNew government efficiency standards may soonprompt you to make energy-saving lightingupgrades to your business. Starting in July,certain types of traditional lighting technologies,such as T12 and standard T8 fluorescents, will bephased out making maintaining and findingreplacement parts harder. Here are three stepsyou can take now to prepare:1. Know the facts – If you haven't had alighting update recently, it's possible yourbusiness uses these older lightingtechnologies.2. Evaluate your options – Study and choosefrom a variety of upgrade or replacementoptions that meet your needs and minimumlevels of light output and efficiency.3. Look forward to the benefits – Whilereplacing older, traditional lighting with moreenergy-efficient options can cost more upfront,they will save energy, last longer, providebetter quality lighting, and may produce lessheat, which lowers your A/C costs.FPL offers lighting incentives that may helpyou pay for new lighting. Visit www.FPL.com/bizlighting to see if you qualify or to learn moreabout these new standards.Did you know?Have questions about how changes tolighting standards will impact your business?You can get answers through our nextbusiness webinar planned for March. Visitwww.FPL.com/webinar to see the scheduleand sign up. You can also download otherenergy-saving tips from any of our previousbusiness webinars.Saving your business money by using affordablefuel sourcesBy using cleaner, moreaffordable fuel sources,such as natural gas, we cancontinue to offer most businesscustomers an electric bill that’sthe lowest in the state and wellbelow the national average.We’re able to keep your costsdown because of theNatural Gas63.83%Solar0.06%Nuclear20.12%PurchasedPower9.95%Coal 5.10%Oil 0.94%Fuel mix and purchased powerSources of electricity generation for the 12 months that ended on Nov. 30, 2011investments we’ve made inrecent years to modernizeour power plants, includingreplacing older oil-fired unitswith cleaner, more efficientnatural gas plants. Additionally,we have one of the lowestemissions profiles amongU.S. utilities.2 FEBRUARY 2012 | ENERGY NOTES